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Effectiveness of distance learning difficult to measure By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
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Education commissioner: School year will be marked with innovation and commitment The Connecticut State Board of Education met on Tuesday, July 14 to discuss the reopening of state schools. The following is an Executive Summary from Dr. Miguel A. Cardona, Commissioner of Education. Introduction It has been 100 years since educational, public health, and governmental leaders have had to grapple with the
challenges we are facing today, and have been facing for the last several months. When the effects of the pandemic required that schools across Connecticut cancel in-school classes during March, it took moments to realize that education in Connecticut would be forever changed. Connecticut has long been focused on providing all students with equity and excel-
lence in education, and this pandemic has forced us to further focus on the inequalities that still exist within our system and to begin to address them with renewed fidelity. We now look forward to the 2020-2021 school year, a year that will be marked with innovation and commitment. It will be our most See School, A20
The board, meeting remotely during a virtual meeting earlier this month, discussed state officials’ plans to fully reopen schools this fall, and the impact of distance learning over the last months of the school year that had just ended. Board member Tim White cited a report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics that remote learning was likely to result in students experiencing severe learning loss and social isolation.
The conversation came as Cheshire and other school districts in the Meriden area assess the effectiveness of the distance learning programs they rolled out last spring and prepare for the physical reopening of their school buildings in September. True cohesive measures of how much learning was lost and the extent of student participation during remote learning will be difficult to ascertain.
In Southington, school officials had leaned on classroom teachers to check in with students to make sure they were logging into remote learning Board colleague Anne Har- programs and participatrigan, in response, suggest- ing in their academic ed board members and the lessons throughout the public need to be mindful spring, according to Steve of what schools provide for their community.
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State Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school on Jan. 28.
The likely toll of distance learning on the well-being of students, through social isolation and loss of learning, is not lost on some members of the Cheshire Board of Education.
“It’s not just education, it’s health, it’s social emotional well-being, it’s safety, it’s many, many things that our public schools do for our children,” Harrigan said.
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Berlin PD to conduct sobriety checkpoints The Berlin Police Department has obtained a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Division to support increased DUI detection and enforcement efforts. This enforcement program will run from July through September 2020. The grant provides 100 percent reimbursement of the overtime costs related to these efforts. The grant will help to provide funding to staff roadside sobriety checkpoints. Roadside sobriety checkpoints have been shown to be the most effective method to detect and apprehend under the influence drivers.
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Locals in College Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., has named the following students to its dean’s list for the spring semester: Jared Beatman, Nicholas DiPietro, Sam Giardina, Joseph Leary, John Mayette, Bridget McQuillan, Sofia Oakes, Angelique Perrone, Samantha Sagnella, Kevin Stafstrom, Ryan Terlecky, Nicole Xiarhos.
Turning 65? You may need sign up for Medicare Part B
If you are paying for your own insurance, you may not think you need to sign up for Medicare when you turn 65. However, not signing up for Medicare Part B right away can cost you down the road. You can first sign up for Medicare during your Initial Enrollment Period, which is the seven-month period that includes the three months before the month you become eligible (usually age 65), the month you are eligible and the three months after the month you become eligible. If you do not sign up for Part B during this period, you will be subject to a penalty. Your Medicare Part B premium may go up 10 percent for each 12-month period that you could have had Medicare Part B, but did not take it. In addition, you will have to wait for the general enrollment period, which usually runs between January 1 and March 31 of each year, to enroll.
Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., has named Angelique Perrone and Kevin Stafstrom to its president’s list for the spring semester. Cedarvill University, Cedarville, Ohio, has named Evan Cornwall to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
Lavoie, Hunter Mikita, Jessica Montville, Isabella Niziolek, Phoenix Noble, Corin Paskov, Sabrina Proulx, Shannon Quinn, Christopher Ragazzi, Samuel Riedel, Jonathan Rios, Violet Rodriguez, Danelle Rosa, Dillon Roy, Brianna Saverino, Jack Scanlon, Serena Scully, Mirela Selimovic, Raina Sinisgalli, Anne Siriphongsavath, Jake Suttile, Elisabeth Tanguay, Ashley Testa, Chun Wang, Zhane Waters, Karolina Wojtysko, Grace Woznicki.
Clark University, Worcester, Mass., has awarded a master’s degree in history to Casey Bush. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., has named Kayla Powers to its dean’s list for the spring semester. Dean College, Franklin, Mass., has named Shaina Dunn to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
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Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, has awarded Andrew Rich a bachelor’s degree in theatre; Kelsey Kozon a bachelor’s degree in mathematics; Michael Zisk a bachelor’s degree in business information systems (magna cum laude); Kevin Russell a bachelor’s degree in communication (magna cum laude); Cole Johnson a bachelor’s degree in computer science (magna cum laude); Jonathan Beckman a bachelor’s degree in health sciences (magna cum laude); Jacob McCarthy a bachelor’s degree in psychology (magna cum laude); Kelli Salimeno a bachelor’s degree in psychology; Stephanie Trevethan a bachelor’s degree in psychology; Melissa Calderone a master’s degree in elementary education; Michaela Dehm a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and sociology (magna cum laude); Kaileen Langlois a bachelor’s in communication and theatre (magna cum laude); Gabriella Niro a See College, A6
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Scholarship winner to study turf management
The Kensington Garden Club is proud to announce that Neil Tighe is its 2020 recipient. Tighe has earned honor roll academic achievements and varsity athletic awards in lacrosse. He has also particpated in several volunteer efforts in town.
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Nichols College, Dudley, Mass., has named Andrew Charbonneau to its dean’s list for the spring semester. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., has named Jacob Giulano, Gabe Dombrowski, James Godin and Neil Kordaiski to its dean’s list for the spring semester. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, has named McKenzie Cyr, Morgan Luciano and Zachary Philippon to its dean’s list for the spring semester. Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt., has named Alec Guzauckas to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
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Western New England University, Springfield, Mass., has named Emily Cooney and Emily Dymczyk to its president’s list for the spring semester.
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Statue readied to honor ‘Black governor’ in New Haven Thomas Breen New Haven Independent
the local port to rival New York’s.
A seven-foot-tall bronze statue of William “King” Lanson will soon stand along the Farmington Canal — giving a permanent, public, and highly visible form to a Black New Havener who helped build the modern city.
He was also elected “Black governor” in 1825, helped found what is now Dixwell Congregational Church, owned land and ran businesses on what is now Wooster Square — and, after encountering opposition from white authorities and the business establishment, died in the poorhouse.
The Lanson statue represents the culmination of a decade’s worth of advocacy by the Amistad Committee, working in recent years with the City Plan Department to make the memorial a reality. The public artwork will honor the early 19th century local engineer, entrepreneur, and Black political leader who freed himself from slavery, built a section of the Farmington Canal, and constructed an extension of Long Wharf that allowed for
The plan is for the statue to be unveiled on Sept. 26 on a grassy, city-owned plot near where the Farmington Canal meets Lock Street, in between the Yale Health Center and Yale’s Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray Colleges. According to a presentation by City Plan Director Aïcha Woods during a Cultural Affairs Commission meeting
last week, the city-commissioned statue will be one part of an “interpretative landscape” and larger memorial along the Farmington Canal that will be “dedicated to the history of William Lanson.”
individual: “Our purpose in honoring William Lanson is in part to demonstrate how our country was fashioned, and the contributions that African Americans have made over many years to our country.”
“He was so committed to building up New Haven,” Oakland-based sculptor Dana King said about Lanson during a recent interview about the sculpture she’s been working on since March. “He did so by the sweat of his labor, backbreaking labor. It’s just mind-boggling how hard he worked and what he did for New Haven.”
For Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison, in whose ward the statue will be placed, the Lanson sculpture represents both a homecoming for an influential and oft-overlooked New Havener as well as a much-needed cause for celebration during this season of heartache, death, and tumult.
Amistad Committee founder Al Marder agreed, and broadened that lens by noting that the Lanson statue signifies more than the accomplishments of a single
“To be the first neighborhood to have a statue that finally recognizes the contributions of Black America to the City of New Haven —what else can you say to that?” she asked. Other than to say the first word that
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came to her head when she saw King’s statue: “Honor.” Marder told the Independent that the Amistad Committee has been trying to figure out a way to erect a sculpture of See Statue, A15
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lic support of the right of gay and lesbian people to marry to rise from 11 percent (1988), to 68 percent (2018). And it took 45 years for support for legalizing marijuana to go from 19 percent (1973) to 61 percent (2018). Federal and state lawmakers, governors, mayors and even police chiefs have joined the chorus calling for change: change in the way police officers are recruited, trained, supervised and disciplined. Change in some of the basic ways we approach policing in this country. Given all that has happened since the first Africans arrived on these shores as slaves, 401 years ago — and all that has happened this year, particularly in regard to the issue of race — we may be heading into another “new normal,” one that is positive, and long overdue. — Originally published in the Record-Journal
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Door-knocking begins in August Over the next decade, lawmakers, business owners, and many others will use 2020 Census data to make critical decisions. The results will show where communities need new schools, new clinics, new roads, and more services for families, older adults and children. The results will also inform how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated to more than 100 programs, including Medicaid, Head Start, block grants for community mental health services and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. In short, your response matters.
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Currently, the national rate of response is 62 percent, while 65.5 percent of Connecticut residents have responded. Meanwhile, Berlin is well ahead of the national and state rate, as 78.6 percent of residents have responded to the census. See Census, A21
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Help paying utility bills is under-utilized in state Financial hardships experienced by residents and business owners as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to unpaid bills for utilities, like electricity, gas and water over the past four months.
But it has not led to disruptions in services. And residents need not worry about being disconnected — yet. Statewide moratoriums on disconnections due to financial hardships remain in place until September for residents and until August for commercial customers.
19 hardships. Only 196 com- “We certainly understand mercial customers had made and recognize how challenging these times are for some similar arrangements. of our customers,” EverMeanwhile, for that same source spokesman Mitch month, Eversource had also Gross said. “And we continreported more than $3.5 mil- ue to stress any customer lion in unpaid utility who has had a difficult time bills, Gillett said. paying their electric or natural gas bill because of the Eversource, according to its pandemic, if they have not website, is offering cusPURA Chairwoman Marissa contacted us, they need to tomers COVID-19-related Gillett pointed to electricity contact us.” payment plans that would and natural gas provider Evgive customers 24 months to ersource as one example. Gross said Eversource’s pay off outstanding balCOVID-19 payment program Although Eversource serances, interest free. But cus- includes “very flexible payvices more than one million tomers must enroll by ment arrangements.” electric power customers Nov. 1. and more than 200,000 natu“Customers can pay down Additional financial assisany balance they have acral gas customers across Connecticut, as of May, only tance is available for lower crued. We’re here to work around 4,000 residential cus- income households, accord- with you,” Gross said. ing to Eversource. tomers had arranged payment plans due to COVIDSee Utilities, A13
Still, utility service providers are asking residents and businesses experiencing hardships to contact them — because assistance, including repayment plans, is currently being under-utilized, according to the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
Conn. builds PPE stockpile in anticipation of 2nd wave By Susan Haigh Associated Press
The state of Connecticut has so far built up a stockpile of personal protective equipment that can last about 60 or 70 days, with plans to eventually have enough for 90 days in case there is a second wave of the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont said last week. While it’s the responsibility of nursing homes and businesses to secure their own PPE, the state has been a “backstop” for those entities during the pandemic. Lamont noted how the state “did a lot of backstopping” over the past few months and is now trying to replenish its stock of gloves, masks, gowns and other protective equipment.
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“We are now building up our stockpile again,” Lamont said, during an event in Hartford Wednesday, July 8. “As you know, it’s getting a little competitive out there, given what’s going on in the other states.”
Josh Geballe, Lamont’s chief operating officer, told The Associated Press the state has been able to secure new orders with key suppliers that were reliable during the past several months. “We have not heard from our suppliers that the surges in other parts of the country have directly impacted our supply chain yet; however, recognizing the fact that those states will be seeking additional large quantities of PPE, it could play a factor down the road,” Geballe said in an email. “We have aggressively negotiated our needs to ensure we continue to have the product we need.” Geballe said he’s optimistic Connecticut will have a 90day supply of PPE in place by the end of July. “We have commitments from suppliers who are directly working with key factories in China and we also have other suppliers who have product on the ground in the USA,” he said.
“We have also leveraged our needs for certain products through a local Connecticut manufacturer.” Also on July 8, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal reiterated his call for Congress to approve $20 billion in emergency funding for long-term care facilities so they can cover the cost of PPE, testing and other needs. Blumenthal has co-sponsored legislation, the Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act, with fellow Senate Democrats. “The federal government has failed our elderly population and $20 billion is a down payment on what we owe them and these facilities,” he said during a news conference in front of the Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in East Hartford. There continue to be complaints from some nursing home workers about a lack of sufficient PPE.
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Graduation: Aug. 7 at Berlin High School. The format is yet to be determined based on the state restrictions and approval of the local health department.
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“We want to make sure if you are on a payment plan, and you are current with it, it can’t expire,” Gillett said.
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Whether the moratoriums on utility shutoffs continue past their current expiration dates will depend on conditions due to the pandemic and the status of the state’s recovery.
Even after those moratoriums on disconnections expire, Gillet said PURA’s goals include making sure the repayment plans remain active and customers are able to rebound financially.
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KENSINGTON- Richard Valmore Labbe, 78, passed away on July 1, 2020 following a short illness. Richard was born, raised and lived his life in Kensington, Connecticut. He graduated from Berlin High School, attended the University of Hartford and is a Veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during the Vietnam Era. He was the son of the late Valmore J. and Marjorie (Johnson) Labbe and was predeceased by his son, Richard V. Labbe, Jr., in 2017. He is survived by his loving son, Jason E. and daughter in law Kimberly-Dawn Labbe and adored granddog Cuda of Middletown, his sisters, Barbara (Ronald) Steurer of Chesterfield, MO, Carol (Hank) Thompson of Berlin, as well as 6 nieces and nephews: Mark Steurer of Pacific, MO, Tim (Mary Zeisset) Steurer of O’Fallon, IL, Michelle (Rob) Komoroski of Colchester, Mathew (Missy) Steurer of Ballwin, MO, Skip (Juci Somogyi) Thompson of Reno, NV, Holly (Steve) Knott of Hopkinton, R.I. and 8 great nephews and nieces. He will also be missed by his daughter-inlaw’s mother, Georgianna Yeamans. Richard retired from Precision Graphics in East Berlin, CT, where he worked for many years as
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The call-in groups are held Mondays at 10 a.m. and Fridays at 2 p.m. At the meeting time, call 860-972-6338 and enter access code 19623#. Participants do not need to have attended a caregivers support group in the past. Confidential discussion and telephonic assessments can also be had one-on-one with a dementia professional outside of the online group.
Lanson somewhere in the city since 2010, soon after the committee published a biography of Lanson written by historian Katherine Harris.
He said the city expressed interest in the project on and off for the better part of a decade, and the current City Plan Department helped revive the idea and make sure it actually came to fruition starting at the end of 2019.
Facilitators are Jennifer McCaughey, of Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, and Amanda Brill and Jennifer Lambert of the Chase Family Movement Disorder Center.
Dementia caregivers In conjunction with Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, a virtual dementia caregivers support group is held on the third Monday of every month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Upcoming dates: July 20 and Aug. 17.
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King has built an artistic career for herself celebrating Black Americans. As she put it, “I create Black bodies in bronze. I think it’s very important, a duty, to create memories in bronze for African descendants. We have a right to our memories. It’s important to be able to see them, and touch them, and to commune with them.”
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who is close with Marder and is also a distant relative of William Grimes, the author of one of the first autobiographies penned by a formerly enslaved African American (and a former New Haven resident himself ).
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the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has been working handFrom A1 in-hand with educational important year as educators. stakeholders, the Connecticut Department of Public And to guide our work, Health, and the Office of the the CSDE has released Governor to plan for schools Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn to reopen in the fall. With public health data improvand Grow Together. This ing, and Connecticut being document serves as a roadmap for districts to start one of a handful of states poised to be in this position, planning their school year. we are cautiously optimistic Background that we can do this successfully. This work culminated On March 15, 2020, Goverwith the public release of nor Lamont issued Executive Adapt, Advance, Achieve on Order 7C, calling for schools Monday, June 29. to cancel in-person classes to protect the State from the Reopening Plan spread of COVID-19. That This document provides order triggered widespread LEAs with a roadmap — changes to the State’s eduguardrails to operate within cation system and way of – while allowing them some life. Educators transitioned flexibilities to create reopen critical services to remote plans that will most effecsettings; families turned their living rooms into class- tively serve their unique rooms; and students took on communities. It is intended to be a fluid document that new lives balancing their will evolve based on the studies with the deep perpublic health data trends as sonal and socioemotional impacts of this pandemic. well as the understanding of the best way to mitigate For the last several months, spread. Some key important
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ing of schools in the fall.
Before July 24, 2020, LEAs and all school operators, including but not limited to choice programs, charter schools, and endowed academies will be expected to submit a plan to the CSDE addressing the requirements outlined in the document. While the CSDE will not approve such plans, they will be retained and best practices communicated and will allow the CSDE to provide technical support for those LEAs who require it.
On June 30, 2020, the CSDE launched the CT Learning Hub. This is a place for universal access to curated high-quality, high-impact online learning content for math, English language arts, science, social studies, the arts, physical education and more anytime, anywhere. The CT Learning Hub is a free and interactive webpage of digital resources to support online and offline learning that will provide one more component to achieving true equity for our learners whether they are inside or outside of the classroom.
The document contains: REQUIREMENTS, are defined as elements that the Office of the Governor, the CSDE, and/or the Connecticut State Department of Public Health have identified as necessary for the LEA to complete or comply with in order to open schools successfully in the fall. GUIDANCE, is defined as considerations put forth by the CSDE or referenced entity rooted in best practice, experience, and research that will aid in the successful reopen-
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Within Adapt, Advance, Achieve exists the newly released: Sensible Assessment Practices for 2020-2021 and beyond. This document was designed to offer guidance to educators including general education teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, instructional specialists, and related service providers on how they can “assess” their incoming students when schools reopen without necessarily having to “test” them.
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Caregiver support
Before July 17, 2020, LEAs will be expected to complete a survey that is designed to combine SDE planning efforts with LEA efforts regarding the crucial need to estimate the fiscal implications for the reopening of schools in the fall.
In conjunction with Hartford Healthcare Center for Healthy Aging and the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library hosts a Dementia Caregiver Support Group, online, the third Monday of the month (July 20), until it is safe to meet at the library.
From there, the CSDE will work with LEAs on an asneeded basis to ensure they have the support and tools needed to reopen in the fall.
Football, cheer Registration for Berlin Youth Football and Cheer is open. Practice starts Aug. 3. Being mindful of the struggles many are facing, BYFC has lowered its registration costs for the 2020 season. To register, visit berlinbears.com.
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Your answers are so important that the Census Bureau will come knocking on your door to count people living in your household. Because of the pandemic, the Census Bureau is adapting or delaying some operations to protect the health and safety of staff and the public while still making sure the population is counted.
According to the original schedule, non-response follow-up, (a.k.a. doorknocking) was due to begin mid-May. It will now be postponed until midAugust.
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